Gurnee trustees approved raising the village’s home rule sales tax by 0.5 percent

Gurnee trustees approved raising the village’s home rule sales tax by 0.5 percent

Gurnee will no longer have a grocery tax, starting Jan. 1, but the Village voted to increase its home rule sales tax by 0.5% at its June 16 Village Board meeting. The increased sales tax was unanimously approved by Gurnee’s Village Board. “This is an idea that is exceptional,” said Trustee Kevin Woodside. “The fact that the State of Illinois has eliminated the 1% grocery tax has put most home rule communities in a position to reinstate that tax,…